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When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat
From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands
Survey of Karnataka’s Christian missionaries and places of worship, a dangerous exercise: Archbishop
When conversion bogey, anti-religious feelings are being whipped up, it is dangerous to make such surveys, says Archbishop of Bengaluru Archdiocese Peter Machado
CJP moves NCM over hate crimes against Muslims in Madhya Pradesh
Since August, right-wing groups have reportedly threatened and assaulted Muslims in the State
CJP approaches minorities commission over attacks on Christian nuns, prayer congregation in UP
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Right-wing goons have allegedly targeted the minority community, falsely accusing them of conducting religious conversion
Muslim boy had come to do “recce”: Yati Narsinghanand
The 10-year-old had wandered into the temple as he was new to the area, and didn't understand the "consequences" this could have had for someone from his religion
J&K government directs Migrant staff not to leave Kashmir
The order states that any absence from duty will be dealt with as per service rules
Uttar Pradesh: Who are these Hindutva mobs prowling the streets, targeting minorities?
Over a dozen were targeted on Sunday, including two nuns, mobs accused them of conversion, thrashed, and marched them to police station
Gujarat: Mob brutally attacks two teenage Madrasa students on a busy road
The teenagers were beaten up after being identified as Muslim due to their attire, they are badly injured and hospitalised
Indore: Police file FIR against Muslim family that was attacked ‘for not leaving village’
Madhya Pradesh, is witnessing the targeting of poor, lesser educated, Muslims, especially in the interior areas, says SC advocate Ehtesham Hashmi
Friday Sermons Urge Protection for Kashmiri Pandits/Sikhs in kashmir Valley
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Photo Feature: Evicted villagers struggle to rebuild lives in Dhalpur
Images of how evicted families are somehow living in makeshift shelters, that are often just straw and bamboo tied together with rope
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